Fleming, G.

VIVISECTION.

A

Prize Essay,

BY

G. FLEMING, ESQ. F.R.G.S., F.A.S.L.

Veterinary Surgeon, 3d King's Own Huzzars:

Author of "Travels on Horseback in Manchu Tartary,” etc.

WOMEN'S BRANCH OF THE PA. SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

OFFICE, 1320 CHESTNUT STREET.

1871.

M'Farland. Pr. 311 Walnut St.

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A

Prize Essay,

BY

G. FLEMING, ESQ. F.R.G.S., F.A.S.L.

Veterinary Surgeon, 3d King's Own Huzzars:

Author of "Travels on Horseback in Manchu Tartary," etc.

WOMEN'S BRANCH OF THE PA. SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. OFFICE, 1320 CHESTNUT STREET.

1871.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY JUL 31 1961

1872, Feb. 19. Gift of Pliny Earle Chase, of Philadelphia. (H. U. 1839.)

The Royal Society (of England) for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals offered prizes, in the year 1866, for the best Essays on the two following propositions:

I. Is Vivisection necessary or justifiable (when performed, as at certain Veterinary Schools) for the purpose of giving dexterity to the operator?

II. Is it necessary or justifiable for the general purposes of science, and if so under what limitations?

Thirty-two Essays were received, a majority of the following judges decided in favor of that by G. Fleming, Esq. and the first prize, (fifty Pounds,) was awarded to him.

PARTE.

THE NOBLE EARL, President of the Society,

HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS PRINCE LOUIS LUCIEN BONA

RIGHT HON. AND RIGHT REV. LORD AUCKLAND, Bishop of Bath and Wells.

COL. F. H. BUCKERIDGE,

FRANK BUCKLAND, Esq., M. A.

DR. CARPENTER,

J F. CLARKE, Esq., (of the Lancet,)

DR. FRASER,

PROFFSSOR OWEN,

DR. QUAIN,

PROFESSOR SPOONER,

PROFESSOR VARNELL.

The Essay on the Second Proposition is the one here reprinted(almost entire) by the Women's Branch of Penna. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.